The Irish standard., 1887-05-14
BILL NYE's BLASTED PASS.
An Unpretudiced View of tho war Be
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flied the cars on every train.
said to myself, Congress has at last
solved this great question Of financial
stringency and broken the great dam that
held capita; captive. On the Piedmont
Air Line people crushed each other to-
gether in q mad attem pt to travel. On the
Richmond &, Danville and E. e. Y. & g.,
as well as the L. IL r., humanity crowded
day coaches and sleepers till the walls
cracked. At Cincinnati could not get q
sleeping car at all, and had to telegraph
twenty-four hours ahead to get one from
Chicago Everywhere. AS far AZ the eye
could reach, there seemed to be . wild and
restless desire TO get somewhere else.
Several companies have to put On extra
coaches to carry the eager tourists
/ Iarrived here just in tins to witness the
last mo ents Of Northwestern pass as
its spirit took It's hight Had I postponed
ray journey for single day would have
been too late.
1t was still youag. Life was bsfore it.
Barely quarter ct the span OF its Life had
been passed when it curled up and ex-
pired. It was cute little thing, with an
olive complexion and large, mournful, up.
per"case eyes.
& few weeks ago noticed that it did not
look we'll II did not complain OF illness or
pain, but Thought detected condition
on its back and so hurried home in order
to be here in case it should expire. AS soon
as the conductor looked at it and felt its
pulse, he said that he could do nothing fo1
it. The Interstate Commerce Law is one
Of those things that will have to be- tried
before we can pass upon it, ( presume,
though some claim that it is going to bs
very difficult 20 pass upon it even then.
81 So, offo %1,.
gate.keeper pushed NE back yesterday and
told me TO go and gel my ticket.
I then frst realized what it was to be
rudely ground under the heel Of {. cold cor
pocation that is devoid of heart, devoid Of
soul, devoid of noble thoughts, devoid oi
refined instincts, devoid of kind impulses,
devoid of milk of human kindness, devoid
nf bowels OF compassion.
From force of habit I walked UP to the
gate with a joyous nod and the old pass
word, only to- be co]dly rapulsad by the
hired bouncer of this heartiess, soullcss,
impulseless, milkess and bowelless cor.
poration.
But the railroads will get this worst Of
it, for know that travel on some Of the
lines has fallen off since April /. lean see
it already. ( have fallen OF myself since
tf1e first Of the menth and others will dc
the same.
That is not oil. A friend Of mine whe
runs q paper, and whose pass got the hol
low horn OH Friday last, says that his
columns are now cpeG to those who wish
80 complain If the management OF this
road, He states chat the hcst hot box will
be duly chroniclfd, and that be- will no
longer close his eyes to the wrongs we
have heretofore SUITE red at the hands OF
RI, ,;1 or2 t>j 3,os
been sappiEg the very foundation Of ops
institutions and snaearing it's long, dark
trail with the ren1n All ts OF our best mich
COWS, reluctantly paying for them the
price set at the tail Of an unjust and ener
waiting trial by corrupt, venal and drivel
ing jury
He says *haS tsGiae time mas came for the
press TO arise and assert ITSELF" and when
tine S:ain rlns oiG The track and kills lot
CT people who have led exemplary lives,
his paper will here after tel! why and how
it was done. Heretofore he }>as not had
sufficient help in the office, he claims, and ht
frequently ran short of type, out now he
is going to give all this particulars OF the
first smash-up that OCCURS at, che road ii
the paper falls into The relentless nlaw OF
sl2eriff's sale on the following week
/ asked railroad Official OF st. Paul yes
terday what effect she new law would
have on the freight rates i'll the North
west and he said he thought they woult
not be much higher than they were be-
fore, This announcement will fall like
healing balm on the sore place where the
shippers annual pass was rut hlessly torn
from his bleeding heart last week.
The real estate boom along the shores of
Lake Superior still continues. It is equal
to the palmy days of mining speculation in
the Far West. The boo1n in fact, extends
from Ashland and Washburn, West Su
perior and Duluth, through Minneapolis
ST. Paul, Omaha and Kansas City to FL
Paso. lconsjder it a good time to sell, and
shall dispose OF my Lake Superior proper
ty by wire to- morrow. do every thing !
can by wire now. Last year generally
went in person and transacted my bust
ness.
Three years ago, however, bought d
block by wire in a Dakota town, intending
to sell as soon as could dou bic my money
on it, but the agent failed to sell un til l got
irritated and wrote him short, crisp let
ter, asking him, in scathiug terms, why he
did not dispose Of the lots and remit.
He replied that he had tried to do as in,
structed him, but had been unable to sell
SuS4I uI duy "a iNS, e~A'aASoSIA oAAS 'O'vA~ ~
self was growing. He sad that the town
was growing in the other direction
mostly. and lots generally sold better III
the direction of the growth of the town
''By and BY" said he, ''the town will
reach the Minnesota State line, and then
will have to grow the other way You
lots will then rapidly advance. The worst
trouble with your lots, however," con
tinued the agent, sis the fact that in the
spring, when real estate is booming, your
property is under seven feet of water, and
this water is 80 strongly impregnated with
mud that buyers can not look through it tc
get good view Of your lots"
finally mortgaged the property as
heavily as possible and continued to lose il
on the mortgage. L do not think I have
ever seen better piece OF property te
float a first mortgage on than this Same
property referred to. BILL NYA.
A Wild Mares Instinct.
Mr. William Turner, who has charge OF
the Jekyl Island (Ga) stock, relates good
story OF wild mares instinct a bunch
of eleven wild horses roam at large on the
south end of the island, six miles from the
clubhouse Justthe sight of human be.
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